The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-14


desks, the weak side resulting from seden.
tlrlness OF habit, pale checks and the
gaunt boding OF mutitudes OF children
attest that physical development does not
always go along with intellectual and
moral, How do YOU suppose all those
treasures of knowledge the child gets will
look in shattered casket? And how much
VIII you give for the wealthicst cargo when
II IS put into lcaky ship? How can that
bright, sharp blade OF a Child's attainments
be welded without any handle? What
are brains worth without shoulders to carry
them? What is a child with magnificent
mind but nm exhausted body? Better that
a young man Of twcnty-onc 60 forth into
the word without knowing A from u il he
have health Of body and energy TO push
ms way through the world than
ut wenty-one TO enter upon active life, his
head stuffed with Socrates, and llcrodotus,
and Bacon and laplacc, but no physical
force to sustain him in the shock of earthly
conflicts. From this infinite blundcr OF
parents how many have come out in life
with genius that could have piled Ossa
upon Pclion and mounted upon them Ia
scale the heavens, and have laid down,
painting from physical exhaustion, before u
nole-hllL They who might have thrilled
senaies and marhaled armies, and
startled the world with the shock Of their
scientific batteries, have passed their lives
IN picking up prescriptions Tor Indigestion.
They owned all the 1hunderhOlts Of Jul
pitcr, but could not get out OF their rock
ing-chair 10 use them. George Washing
ton, in early life, was a poor spcllcr and
spelled hat h-a-douhlc-t and a rcam oi pa
per he spelled 'rhcam, but he knew
enough 10 spell ont the independence Of
this country from foreign oppression. The
knowledge of the schools Is important, but
there arc other things quite ms important
Just as great is the wong done when
the mind is cultivated and the heart neg
loctcd. The youth of this day are seldom
denied any scholarly attachments Our
schools aud SUMMARIES are ever growing in
efficiency, and the students are conducted
through all the realms OF philosophy. and
art, aud language, and mathematics. The
most hereditary obtuscneSs gives way be-
lore the onslaught Of adroit instruction.
Bni there Is a development OF infinite inn
portance which mathematics and the dead
languages cannot effect. The morc mental
power the mon capacity Tor evil unless
coupled with religious restraint. You dis
cover what terrible power for evil INSANE
tilted genius Possesses when YOU see Scali-
ger, with has scaihing denunciaiions, as
sauliing the best men Ut his time, and
Bluunt and Spinua and Bollingbrokc
leading their hosts Of followers into
the all.consnming forces II skcpticism and
inhdclily. Whether knowledge isa mighty
good or an unmi,igatcd evil depends en-
tipaly upon which course il takes. The
river rolling on between round banks
makes all the valley laugh with golden
wheat and rank grass. and catching hold
the wheel 81 mill and factory whirls it
with guat industries. But breaking away
from restraints aud dashing over banks ia
rpi wrath, il washes away harycsts from
their mDorIngs and makes the valleys
shrink with catastrophe. Fire in the fur
mace heats the house or drives the steamer:
but, uncontrolled, warehouses "a down in
awful crash before Il, aud in a few hours
hall q city will lie in black ruin, walls, and
towers and churches and monuments
You must accompany the education 81 the
intellect with the education Oi The heart,
or you an rousing up within your Childan
emery which will be- blasting and terrific.
Better n wicked Ounce than wicked
"lhc fourth error often committed in
the trimming OF children is the suppression
ol childish spprtiulnuss. The most
death Of any child ever knew
was that Of Scoyille Haynes McCollum. A
few days before that he was at my house
in syracuse, and he nan like a deer and his
halluo made the woods echo. You could
hear him coming block oil. -o fullwas he
OF rompnni laughter and whistle Don't
put religion on year child rs q straight
Jacket. Parents after having been josiled
about In the rough world often lose their
yiyacity, and are usionishcd 10 see how
their children can act ~ thOughtlcssly
at the earnest world all about them. That
J. a cruel parent Who quenches any Of the
light in a Child's soul. Instead oi arr.st-
ing h. -poriiuluo.s, 60 forth and help him
uuuilc the hoop, and ily the
Mite. and build the snow castle
lHu-a sh0uilCH are too little %
carry "a burden. that brow j. too Young to
d. WuukIUd. flUa icot are too spfightly a.
go along 90 "a funeral pace. tod bless
their ylrrs hearts N0a i the time Tor
them tu d. sr1r'HI la them rUmp anil
s.ug add laugh, aHl 81 aith a rlsh AMI
hUuah. ln ih.. Eay tbey gather up
suV'I. ti rnrfrf q fg'Gr 49, Ilf fls
child ihll uAG ~ ID With a -HYal.
iu.fug BE tFf Gel fh1Tgh they uero
Ur.EUts md sitting LIHu Ly tie hour In
m0Tlg arI .fu.t.Hg ! rrupiHry o. iIIr
U. inter IHHr.liHl eos t.1-l-Tri sooner
hI.h ilT rollins .l fre ar ul thfy arr fI-
lent ~ lEf 1rI lecture fha irskng
laml- 0u a. L.IH.4a urfI hrf sail LLr
Oh shbap. rrirr tl1u puf ,1h.smlt
Chillh1oi IN III r0lis
"Ils fifh er1r iI tfe training n child.
lool BE- ibe p1s'pDasmrni 0i i'- moral
rlIiIr until 30 Ilif Mu'tilifs ri rlil.
drrn. l-4au-a VI their propafy. haTs l,eeu
urged into depths n study uLrr tlry
ought u0t iD 81. all their iuirlsris have
lHgn UyrrlurlauCl ali Oft o. 1lnrl. and
battered 20 pl,rff agl uFi latin guuman
and a'e'hri.. and coming forth into Urac.
tiCl lI'e they eiI isrI'y fse 40 urf.uFr.
g.. and there j. nUu sgmng ali Dram-
ming system Ui DIuUaflln in tlr schools IL
our country that b. beautiful ~ thrtrarhrm
Who have 90 cniufgr uIi destructive 30 iho
ohllir hU musi submit o. thr prryss
/ lon find CHilinu at uiuc nui i,n years II
age with school ir-.Hur only Appropriate
| fur children ui hfirrn. II children arc
/ kept Boz school and Studying from q 0'olufk
I a. . O'Clock. no home study oarrpt music
| ought to b. required Ol them ~in huur,
l oi study nn enough iIf amy child The
rJst Of the day ought ~ he devoted o.
/ recreation and pun iuu. But you cannot
/ begin too early thr moral culture oi 70
child. ~ on too complete sale You can
| Look back upon your uwu lite aud rum,m.
/ Der what mighty impressions were made
/ upon you NJ live or s.S years oi age. oh.
| that child does not 10 Ho silent duHny
] NpiIT conversation la Lac influenced I..H 90
/ You say De does MOI understand. Although
| grasp be- r. gathering up irom your ialk